Come nasce un soprannome, Da dove derivano i soprannomi dei giocatori NBA?

A
Sharef Abdur-Rahim – Reef
Aaron Afflalo – Afflalo Creed
LaMarcus Aldridge – L-Train, LMA
Ray Allen – Jesus, RayRay, Sugar
Rafer Alston – Skip to My Lou
Chris Anderson – The Birdman
Carmelo Anthony – Melo
Gilbert Arenas – Agent Zero, Hibachi, Gil, Nacho, Agent Arenas, The Black President
Hilton Armstrong – Hungry Hungry Hilton
Carlos Arroyo – Carlitos
Ron Artest – RonRon, TruWarrior, The Straitjacket
Kelenna Azubuike – Buike (Booky)

B
Leandro Barbosa – Leandrinho, The Brazilian Bomber, LB, the Blur, Brazilian Blur
Jose Juan Barea – JJ
Andrea Bargnani – Il Mago
Brent Barry – Bones
Brandon Bass – B Bass, The Animal
Maceo Baston – Wide Mouth
Tony Battie – Batman
Shane Battier – Alien Nation
Michael Beasley – Beastley, B-Easy, Easy Mo Be
Marco Belinelli – Beli
Mike Bibby – Bib
Andris Biedrins – Dre, Beans
Chauncey Billups – Mr. Big Shot
Steve Blake – Los
Andray Blatche – Bulletproof, Cabbage Blatche, Ziploc
Mark Blount – Big Basic
Matt Bonner – The Red Rocket
Andrew Bogut – Bogey, Bogues, The Bogey Man
Carlos Boozer – Booze
Chris Bosh – CB4
Elton Brand – EB, E-Beasie
Corey Brewer – The Drunken Dribbler, C-B, C-Brew
Ronnie Brewer – Brewdog
Aaron Brooks – AB
Kobe Bryant – The Black Mamba, KB-24, Kob-Me, Lord of the Rings
Caron Butler – Tough Juice, Caronimo, CB3
Rasual Butler – Sual Bop
Andrew Bynum – Socks, The A-Train, Bynumite

C
Jose Calderon – The Ocho, Ocho Special
Marcus Camby – The Cambyman
Brian Cardinal – The Janitor, The Custodian
Matt Carroll – The Hammer
Sam Cassell – Sam I Am
Vince Carter – Vinsanity, Half-man Half-amazing, VC, Air Canada
Mario Chalmers – Super Mario, Superintendent, Super Nintendo
Josh Childress – J-Chill
Nick Collison – Border Collie
Mike Conley – Money Mike
Daequan Cook – The Chef
Austin Croshere – Cro, the Crusher

D
Samuel Dalembert – The Haitian Sensation, D-Bert
Erick Dampier – Damp
Marquis Daniels – Quis
Baron Davis – B-Diddy, Boom Dizzle, B-Dazzled, Too Easy, The Baron
Glen Davis – Big Baby
Ricky Davis – Get Buckets, Grits N Gravy, Slick Rick, Ricky Buckets
Luol Deng – The Man from Sudan
Boris Diaw – 3D
Yakhouba Diawara – Kooba
Desagana Diop – Gana
Juan Dixon – Da Juan
Keyon Dooling – KD
Chris Douglass-Roberts – Buckets, CDR
Jared Dudley – Studley, Junkyard Dog
Chris Duhon – Du
Tim Duncan – The Big Fundamental, Timmay, Groundhog Day
Mike Dunleavy – The Natural
Kevin Durant – KD, K-Dog, K-Smoove, The Second Coming, The Durantula

E
Monta Ellis – The Mississippi Bullet, Big Bucks
Francisco Elson – Geico
Reggie Evans – The Collector, The Joker

F
Jordan Farmar – J-Farm
Raymond Felton – Felts
Michael Finley – Fin
Derek Fisher – Fish, D-Fish
TJ Ford – The Little Engine, Texas Tornado
Adonal Foyle – The Cobra
Steve Francis – Stevie Franchise
Channing Frye – Buffet of Goodness

G
Dan Gadzuric – The Flying Dutchman, Big Dan, Gadzooks
Danilo Gailinari – Il Gallo (The Rooster)
Francisco Garcia – Latin Assassin, Frank
Jorge Garbajosa – Garbo
Kevin Garnett – The Big Ticket, The Kid, KG
Marc Gasol – Tanketa
Pau Gasol – The Meal Ticket, Picasso, PG, Spanish Fly
Daniel Gibson – Boobie
Manu Ginobili – Gino, El Contusion, Balki Bartokomous, Obi-Wan Ginobili
Drew Gooden – The Truth (*he claims this was his before Pierce), The Big Drizzle
Ben Gordon – Gentle Ben, Madison Square Gordon, Air Gordon
Eric Gordon – The Hobbit
Gerald Green – G-Money, Ice, High-5
Jeff Green – Green Monster, The Predator
Adrian Griffin – The Hawk
Danny Granger – Danny G

H
Richard Hamilton – Rip
Matt Harpring – The Bulldog
OThella Harrington – The Big O
Devin Harris – The Cheese Factor
Jason Hart – J-Hart
Udonis Haslem – U-D, Udominator
Spencer Hawes – Hee
Brendan Haywood – Baby Huey
Walter Herrmann – Fabio
Grant Hill – G-Money
Kirk Hinrich – Captain Kirk
Al Horford – The Dominican Stallion, Horf
Robert Horry – Big Shot Bob, Big Shot Rob
Eddie House – E-House, E-Money
Dwight Howard – D12, Thunder, Man Child, Thundercat, D-Bo, Superman
Josh Howard – J-Ho, Jo-How
Troy Hudson – T-Hud
Larry Hughes – Smooth
Kris Humpries – K-Hump, Humpty-Hump, Hump
Lindsey Hunter – The Hunter
Steven Hunter – The Postman

I
Andre Iguodala – AI 2.0, Iggy, Dolla Billz
Zydrunas Ilgauskus – Big Z, The Riddler, The Wall
Allen Iverson – AI, The Answer, Jewelz, Me Myself and Iverson, The Third Degree, Bubba Chuck
Royal Ivey – Cheese

J
Jarett Jack – JJ
Luke Jackson – Cool Hand Luke
Steven Jackson – Action, Captain Jack
Jerome James – Big Snacks
Lebron James – King James, Bron Bron, LBJ, The Chosen One, L-Train
Mike James – Pit Bull
Sarunas Jasikevicius – Jazzy Cabbages
Al Jefferson – Big Al, the Big Classic
Richard Jefferson – RJ
Yi Jianlian – The Chairman
Joe Johnson – Joe Cool, JJ
Damon Jones – The Specialist, DJ
Eddie Jones – EJ
Fred Jones – Indiana Jones

K
Chris Kaman – The Caveman, Shaggy, The Zombie, Crazy Clown
Jason Kapono – Jay-K
Jason Kidd – J-Kidd, Mr. Triple Double, Ason Kidd
Andrei Kirilenko – AK-47
Linas Kleiza – The Menace, TV-L
Kyle Korver – K2, K-Squared
Nenad Krstic – Curly, Ballistic Krstic

L
Acie Law – Captain Clutch
Courtney Lee – Spiderman
David Lee – Da White Howard
Rashard Lewis – Young Fella, Sweet Lew
Kevin Love – K-Love

M
Mark Madsen – The Mad Dog
Jamal Magloire – The Big Cat
Stephon Marbury – Starbury
Shawn Marion – The Matrix
Kenyon Martin – K-Mart, Bad Ass Yellow Boy, Sir Dunks-A-Lot
Kevin Martin – Kid N Play, K-Mart, K-Money
Donyell Marshall – D-Marsh, Yell
Desmond Mason- The Cowboy, D-Mase
Jason Maxiell – J-Max, Mad Max
OJ Mayo – Grocery List
Lus Richard M’bah a Moute – The Prince
Antonio McDyess – Dice
Tracy McGrady – T-Mac
Jeff McInnis – McNasty, J-Mac, The Maestro
Darius Miles – D-Miles, The Punisher
Darko Milicic – Donny Darko, The Human Victory Cigar
Andre Miller – The Penguin
Yao Ming – The Dynasty, The Wall, The Great Wall, Shaqie Chan
Cuttino Mobley – Cat
Nazr Mohammed – The Prophet
Jamario Moon – The Screwdriver, Super Jamario, Apollo 33
Adam Morrison – Stache, Pornstache, Mo, Ammo
Alonzo Mourning – Zo
Ronald Murray – Flip
Dikembe Mutombo – Mt Mutombo, Cookie Monster, Deke

N
Bostjan Nachbar – Boki
Eduardo Najera – The Flying Mexican
Steve Nash – Nashty, Hair Canada, Captain Canada
Juan Carlos Navarro – La Bomba
Jameer Nelson – Lightning
Rasho Nesterovic – ShoSho
Joakim Noah – Dr. No, The Noble One
Andres Nocioni – Chapu, Noch, The Glue Factory
Dirk Nowitzki – Diggler, Batman, Irk

O
Fabricio Oberto – Fabio
Lamar Odom – The Goods, Odominator
Emeka Okafor – EO-50, Blackula, Oak Tree
Mehmet Okur – Memo, Money Man
Patrick O’Bryant— Notorious P.O.B.
Jermaine O’Neal – JO
Shaquille O’Neal – Shaq, The Diesel, Shaq-Fu, Big Aristotle, Wilt Chamberneezy, Officer Shaq, Big Daddy, The Big Baryshnikov, Dr. Shaq, The Big Cactus
Travis Outlaw – Trout

P
Anthony Parker – AP
Tony Parker – TP, Mr. Longoria
Ruben Patterson – The Kobe Stopper, The Nanny Stopper
Chris Paul – CP3
Oleksiy Pecherov – The White Hole
Kendrick Perkins – Perk, Swamp Thang
Morris Peterson – Mo-Pete, MP3
Paul Pierce – The Truth, P-Sqaured
Mickael Pietrus – MP2, Air France
Eric Piatkowski – The Polish Rifle
James Posey – The X-Factor, Po-Po
Tayshaun Prince – Prince of The Palace, Tay
Joel Pryzbilla – The Vanilla Gorilla, Ghostface

R
Vladimir Radmanovic – Radman
Zach Randolph – Z-Bo
Michael Redd – Redd Hot, Silky, Max
JJ Reddick – The Poet
Luke Ridnour – Frodo, The Mop, Cool Hand Luke, Lucky Luke
Jason Richardson – J-Rich
Quentin Richardson – Q-Rich
Nate Robinson – Nate The Great, Krypto-Nate
Sergio Rodriguez – Spanish Chocolate
Derrick Rose – D-Rose, Pooh
Malik Rose – Shaq of The NAC
Quinton Ross – Q-Ross
Brandon Roy – The Natural, The Golden Boy, B-Roy, The Blade
Kareem Rush – K-Rush

S
John Salmons – Buck
Brian Scalabrine – Veal, Scal, The Ginger Ninja
Mouhamed Sene – Flavor Flav
Bobby Simmons – Chinese Food
Craig Smith – Cookie, Cookie Monster, Jax, The Rhino
Josh Smith – J-Smoove
J.R. Smith – The Prodigy
Eric Snow – E-Snow, The Snowman
Darius Songalia – Gypsy Number 9
Jerry Stackhouse – Stack
DeShawn Stevenson – The Lock Smith, Poppa Smurf
Amare Stoudamire – Stat
Rodney Stuckey – RS3, Hot Rod
Robert Swift – Big Redhead
Stromile Swift – Stro
Wally Szczerbiak – Wally World

T
Sebastian Telfair – Bassy, Seabass, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Seba
Jason Terry – JT, The Jet
Eton Thomas – Uncle Eton
Kenny Thomas – K9
Kurt Thomas – Dirty
Tim Thomas – T-Tom
Tyrus Thomas – Free Money, TNT, T-Time
Alando Tucker – Doe
Hedo Turkoglu – Glu, Turk, Turkey Glue

V
Anderson Varejao – Wild Thing, Sideshow Bob
Charlie Villanueva – Skillanueva, CV, CV3, C-Elite, Big Smooth
Sasha Vujacic – The Machine

W
Dwyane Wade – D-Wade, Flash, Pookie
Antoine Walker – ‘Toine, Employee #8, A & W
Ben Wallace – Big Ben, Beast from The East, The Body
Gerald Wallace – G-Force, Crash
Rasheed Wallace – Sheed, Roscoe
Luke Walton – Little Wheats
Hakim Warrick – Hak, Helicopter
Martell Webster – The Definition
Bonzi Wells – The Bonz
David West – D-West, The X-Factor, DX
Delonte West – Red, Redz, Donuts
Aaron Williams – A-Train
Deron Williams – D-Will, Kingpin, Slick, D-Nasty
Jason Williams – J-Dub, J-Will, White Chocolate
Mo Williams – The Hitman
Shelden Williams – The Landlord
Julian Wright – Ju-Ju, Raptor

Y
Nick Young – Bean Burrito, The City

gran lavoro

ma su Beli ti sei sforzato poco, almeno Rocky

artest θ detto anche pacman
e visto che nell' elenco ci sono anche le "sigle" kyle korver = k^2=3 (kappa al quadrato)

la lista θ utile ed esaustiva ma sarebbe bello sapere il perchθ di alcuni sopranomi.


Non sapevi che Bass avesse come sopranome The animal.Sempre piω IDOLO!!!

- Joakim Noah ha un bel po' di nicknames:

"The Noble One" per il suo portamento.

"The African Viking" per la sua capigliatura originale.

"Earthball" perchι il suo tiro gira di lato come un pianeta intorno al suo asse, eccezionale!

"Yannick's little bastard" per il papΰ.

"JoJo" non ho mai capito perchι, a parte per il fatto che il suo nome inizia per "Jo".

"Noahwitzki" quando ci si θ accorti che il suo jumper dalla media oltre ad essere orripilante era anche assai efficace.


- Derrick Rose θ chiamato anche:

"The Great Poohdini" unione di "Pooh" (altro suo nick) con "Houdini" (celebre illusionista) per le magie che fa in campo, per altro Rose ha anche un tatuaggio con la scritta "Poohdini".

"Fast don't lie" per la sua velocitΰ e per uno spot che spopola negli States.

"2 big, 2 strong, 2 fast, 2 good" per le sue caratteristiche in campo, nick datogli da Stacey King.

"The Unicorn" perchι unicorn is the only fabulous beast that does not seem to have been conceived out of human fears. In even the earliest references he is fierce yet good, selfless yet solitary, but always mysteriously beautiful. He could be captured only by unfair means.


- Carlos Boozer:

"Loozer" non ne ho la certezza, ma credo proprio sia dovuto al suo addio a Cleveland!

"C5ooz" novitΰ post approdo a Chicago: "C" di Carlos, "Booz" di Boozer e n° "5" al posto della "B" perchι θ quello della sua maglia. E' anche scritto sule sue scarpe.

"Fan Gu Zai" nick cinese datogli a Beijing che si traduce con "Betrayal Skull Dude", per i piω curiosi questa θ la storia


Infine su wikipedia c'θ una pagina con diversi nicknames di giocatori del presente e del passato, anche se non θ affatto completa e manca l'origine dei singoli nick. Qui

Jameer Nelson ha 2 sopranomi ma sono usati raramente.Uno θ Mighty Mouse e non sono riuscito a trovare la spiegzione.Tra l'altro se non sbaglio anche Damon Stoudamire aveva questo sopranome ma lui aveva un tatuaggio,almeno credo.

La mia ipotesi θ che θ una variante di Mickey Mouse,visto che parliamo di Orlando.

Poi c'θ Crib Midget,soprannome che gli ha dato Howard.

Jason Richardson ha un semplice J-Rick,idem per Quentin Richardson(Q-Rich)

Hedo Turkoglu ha alcuni sopranome ma tutti diciamo che richiamano la sua origine,il migliore secondo mθ θ Michael Jordan of Turkey

Brandon Bass ha 2 sopranomi,B-Bass e the Animal a causa del suo stile di gioco.Ho trovato questo a proposito http://stacktv.stack.com/video.aspx?videoID=1618638595_132


Howard vabbθ θ Superman dopo l'all star game poi D12,poi Man Child per il fisico possente anche da giovane.

Poi Arenas ne ha tanti,Agent Zero, Hibachi, Gil, Nacho, Agent Arenas, The Black Pres.θ molto famoso come Hibachi e qui ci aiuta Wikipedia

Hibachi se lo diede da solo prima (o dopo, non ricordo) di una partita contro i Lakers. Visto che Kobe θ una bistecca giapponese lui si definμ Hibachi, ciς che cuoce la bistecca.
Gliene mise 60 in quella partita eh.

Lance Stephenson - Born Ready
Jamaal Tinsley - Mel Mel The Abuser

sebastian telfair-too fast too fourious...soprannome dato al rucker park
marbury-starbury per la combinazione tra la parola star e marbury,e al rucker park viene chiamato the handler
darril dawkins chocolate thunder

Lamr Odom non era anche chiamato Lamarvellus?

E anche "The Candy Man", soprannome autodatosi per la sua assuefazione ad ogni tipo di dolcetto gommoso, senza dimenticare anche altri tipi di alimenti dolci come biscotti, sneak ecc...

Mighty Mouse θ lui


Cioθ θ piccolo (essendo un topo) ed θ forte (essendo un super eroe)